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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-01-20

LOUISVILLE, KY, Jan. A.-John 1ngert, .
tailor, died this morning. He had been Wis
iting for long time young lady named
Miss Theresa Pfeffer, and was engaged to
her. The wedding was to take place
shortly. Wednesday night he called, and
the twain lovingly and happily discussed
their future. About ten o'clock he rose to
go and was kissing his sweetheart good.
night, when he experienced choking SEN
sation in his throat, swooned and fell to
the floor. He was carried to q bedroom
in the house and medical aid summoned,
but after regaining consciousness his
throat continued to swell. He was unable
to catch his breath, and was finally smoth-
cred to death. His betrothed never left
the bedside from the moment Of his attack
to the time he expired.
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Cae SpIes ObtaIn I lIcense7

CHICAGO, Jan. 16.-'T will not grant the
marriage license to Miss Van Zandt to
marry Spies," said Eugene seeger, the
marriage license clerk, 1.-THE fact Of one of
the parties being convicted of felony 10
declared by statue to be q SUFFICIENT
ground for DIVORCE" Mr.. Seeger
went on to explain; ''and think
it certainly should bar . marriage. Here
is man with his head in halter. I do
not think he may lawfully contract and be
Joined in marriage However, precedents
are very rare, and court might compel
me to grant the license, but until quo war
ranto proceedings are instituted will
hold my ground"
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NATURAL GAS EXPLOSION
Pittsburgh Tlremen Burned In .
Horrible Manner.


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.iso u'o' 1noi, INJURIES woro r0oolveu
rum ah eApiosion VI na'urai gas oue "
une csreiessness OF piumper, VINO was
putting some additional fixtures into the
mouse where the accident occurred with
OUT nrst having smut on the gas. inc
alarm was turned in about half-past ten
and four companies were soon on tho
ground. The fre was In the cellar, and the
hremen got their hose run out and then
went down into the cellar. An employe OF
tine gas company arrived and attempted to
smut on the gas at the stop-cock. 1t was
twisted out OF place and he could not do 1t.
Az the time Chief Evans, Assistant Chie1
Jonn Steele ana hve or six hremen were
aown IN the cellar. The water was
turned on the flames, which by this time
were making rapid progress. All at once
tnere was snarp, dea1enang explosion.
omcAe ana names burst out upon
tAe street, driving back the crowding peo-
PIE VINO nao assembled. Cries OF pain
we're heard, and then 1t dawned upon the
nremen VINO were out on the street that
tneir IeHow'employes were down among
Ioe names. The wall OF the building had
oeen otoWn out 0y the explosion. ABOVE all
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Great Florida Colonization Scheme.

JAcKsoNvILLE, FLA, Jan. 4.-Negotia,
tions were completed here yesterday by
which q Dutch syndicate Of bankers in
Amsterdam, Holland, acquired from the
Florida Land and Mortgage Company, linn
tied, vast body Of timber land in West
Florida. The purchase embraces q solid
area Of nearly 800 square miles heavily
timbered. This is the largest single
transaction made in the State since the
great Disston sale in 1881. The syndicate
purpose to form great Land and Coloni-
zation Company, building railroad
into the purchase and colonizing from
Holland.
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Fjendish Act OF Revenue.

PORTLAND, ORE, Jan. IA North
Yakima, Washington Territory, special
says: A Chinaman at work on the North
ern Pacific construction at Chellum, hav.
ing had quarrel with two of his country
men, placed giant powder cartridge be-
tween them while they were asleep, and,
lighting the fuse, went to place Of safety.
The explosion blew out the entire side of
one of the Cinnamon, while the other was
so badly mutilated that he can not recover.
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An Arctic Expedition.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-It is said that
Lieutenant VIM. H. Emory, who has
'ecently been assigned to command the
United States steamship Thetis, and or
dered to Alaskan waters, will make an
Arctic expedition in that vessel, and will
attempt to reach the North Pole via Behr-
ings Strait.
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ADRIAN, MICH, Jan. 12.-During the pro.
gress Of revival meeting last night, at
the Second Baptist Church, Mrs. Susan
Brown, colored, jumped to her feet, shout
ing ''Glory! HallelujahW and then drop
ped dead. Some minutes passed before
the congregation realized the tragedy, and
then scene Of great excitement was wit
messed. Mrs. Brown was sixty-five years
old, and was formerly q slave.
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Manssd On Insane Man

NoRRIsTowN, Pa, Jan. 15.-The brain Of
John N. Wilson, who was hanged on
Thursday for the murder of Anthony
Dealey, was examined yesterday at the
Insane Hospital by DR.. R. H. Chase, as
sisted by several local physicians, and was
found to be abnormally developed in parts
and atrophied in others, caused by water
on the brain. A microscopic examination
will be made. Physicians believe Wilson
was not of sound mind.
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AUSTIN, TEX, Jan. IA. = Yesterdays
sparks from an engine set fire to prsi-
ries twenty-five miles north Of Austin.
There has been three months drought.
Tho grass is dry as tinder and flames
spread like lightning before stiff wind,
burning 5000 acres. A flock Of 1000 sheep
twas caught in the flames and all were
burned. Five hundred are already dead
and the balance dying.
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Judge Turpls Beats Mcdonald.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Jan. 13.-The Demo-
Gratis caucussed for Senator tonight.
Judge Turpie was named after five ballots.
One Knight Of Labor refused to be pres
ent. Mcdonald was withdrawn after two
ballots. Judge Turpie is at present United
States District Attorney. He was in the
Senate one month about 1860, and has
always been prominent in Indiana politics.
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Arkansas Legislature 0rsanlzes.

LITTLE ROCK, Jan. l2.-The State House
of Representatives organized yesterday by
electing John M. Hewitt, Of Lee County,
Speaker. He is an old member, and dur
ing the war was q Federal officer in Ken.
lucky regiment. j. w. Galloway was
elected clerk. The message Of Governor
Hughes, of Arkansas, shows Q marked
improvement in the States financial con.
dition, and steady increase in general
prosperity.
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4 National Association Of Builders.

BosToN, Jan. lathe Master Builders
Convention completed arrangements yes
terday to form q National Builders Asso-
citation. A convention for that purpose
will be held in Chicago March % next. The
Boston Builders Association enjoyed Q
dinner at the Revere House last night.
President Whitcomb presided, and among
The guests were delegates representing
associations in New York, Philadelphia,
Detroit, Chicago. Cincinnati, st. Paul,
Washington, Baltimore and other large
cities
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Ohio sportsmsn ProiscsIns Fish,

COLUMBUS, Jan. 12.-The sportsmen Of
the State held meeting here tonight,
and organized the Ohio Fish Protect
i've Association. The following officers
were elected: President, W. h. Shattuc,
Cincinnati; secretary and treasurer, VIM.
Shepard, Columbus; corresponding sec
retary, G. L. Graham, Columbus.
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A Bridge Falls win Terrible Re,uI,.

ADRIAN, MICH, Jan. 12.--The iron passcn.
ger bridge spanning Raisin river, connect
ing the two principal portions of the viii
lage Of Blissfeld, ten miles east of this
place, fell yesterday, intense cold causing
the iron to contract and draw upon the
supports. William Slack and Charles
Quigley, with herd of cattle, were pre-
cipitated to the ice below. Both men are
injured fatally.
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Crushed by 4 Falling Wall.

DETROIT, Jan. 13.-While workmen were
pulling down the ruins of a burned build
ing this afternoon about twenty feet of tho
wall fell on two boys and man. The lat
ter was badly crushed by the falling
bricks. The boys were so badly injured
that they were taken out for dead. They
have revived, but their recovery is doubt
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General Hazen Dead,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-Genersl W. B.
aazen, Chief Signal Officer, United States
Army, died at Washington of diabetic
coma at O'Clock this evening. He suffered
from diabetes for some years, but Of late
has improved in health and strength, and
hopes were entertained Of his recovery.
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Colonel Glider Heard From,

NEW YORK, Jan. 16.-Colonel w. r. Gil
der, who is travelling toward the North
Pole by the land route, through British
America, informs the Herald, by message
from York Factory, Hudson Bay, under
date Of December 10, that he would be de-
tanned there until after Christmas, owing
to the refusal Of the Indian guides to start
on journey before they had partalken Of
the Christmas communion. He expects to
reach Repulse Bay and fall in with the
Esouimaux,
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Schooner Blown Up bv Powder.

San FRANCISCO, Jan. 16.-A schooner with
q cargo Of hundred thousand pounds of
powder was driven ashore near the Clift
House. After she had been abandoned,
the powder was exploded by the ship beat
ing against the rocks. The life-saving and
signal stations were demolished and the
Cli2 House wrecked. Several Of the life
saving crew were seriously hurt, but none
were killed.
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DEFEATED.
Won 1colt1ko ana Bismarck Plead
In vain

TAs German Rsichstag Refuses 70 Pass the
Seventeen Year Array Bin, and h st Oncs
Dissolved.
BERLIN, Jan. 1.-The fate Of the army
bill was settled to-day by the Reichstag
adversely to the Government, and action
was Immediately taken to dissolve the
Chamber. On the reassembling Of the
Reischstag, Herr Won StaufPenberg's
amendment limiting the duration Of the
bill to three years was voted upon, and the
amendment was carried, the vote being 1S8
to 154. The Conservatives, 1mperialists
and National Liberals voted with the mi
nority. The Socialists and most Of the
Alsatian members abstsined from voting.
Prince Bismarck Immediately read an
Imperial message, dissolving the Reischs-
tag.
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Cut Mis- Throat In pubiio.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Jan. A.-This morning
Rev. John Patterson, pastor of Presby-
terian Church at Cambridge, Wis, cut his
Throat with razor while standing in front
;;Of the Public Library building, ON Grand
avenue, and now lies in sprecarious condi.
ton at st. Mary's Hospital, He was suffer-
ling from mental alteration, the result Of Q
severe sunstroke last summer
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Gold and Silver In virulnIa.

LYNcHBURG, Va, Jan. 18.-Botetourt
County is excited over the discovery of
gold and silver deposits on the line of the
Shenandoah Valley railroad. Assays
range from sixteen dollars per ton for
surface rock to sixty dollars at depth Of
fifteen feet.
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A Iyphold Patient Suicides

ERIE, Pa, Jan. 16.-Lowville, this coun.
ty, had q melancholy suicide this after
noon. Kirk Howard, young grocery
merchant, who was suffering from typhoid
fever, while in delirium escaped from his
nurse, and, jumping through a window,
ran to Frence Creek, where he drowned
himself.
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cenvlsis Qulslsd with Bullets,

CHATTANOOGA, TENN, Jan. 16.-The con.
victs at the Dade coal mines mutinied Fri
day, and were fred upon by the guards.
Several were wounded. The warden, Cap
tain Converse, was severely injured with
knife by furious convict, named Holt.
The mutiny was speedily quelled.
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Burned by m on Exsleslea.

LANCASTER, Pa, Jan. 12 - While TIE
wrecking crews were engaged in clearing
away the wreck at Shock Station lire COM
municated to coal-oil tank near ct hand
and II exploded, scattering the oil among
the railrOaders and Getting IRE 70 their
clothing. Four of them were seriously and
neax2y dozen others were severely burned.
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West Virginia LsaisIaiiys 0rsanIzatiou,

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Jan. 12.-The Legis.
lature convened ct noon to-day and organ
lied by electing George E. Price, Of Min
eral County, President Of the Senate, and
j. N. Rowan, Of Monroe County, Speaker
Of the Lower House. J. D. Anderson, Of
Nicholas, was chosen Clerk OF the Senate,
and J. B. Peyton in the House.
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PissssuRoH. Pa, Jan. H.-Two boys,
named Smith and Merits, were cossting
this afternoon, when thsir sled ran into Z
heavy wagon and wss complsteiy demol.
ished. The boys were thrown 70 the
ground with great violence, and Smith In
stantly killed. Young Merits was terribly
injured, snd he win probably die.
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Death Warrant Siansd.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Jan. 18.-The death
warrant Of William Josiah McKeen, con-
victed Of wife murder, now confined in
IL at Mifiiintown, Juniata County, was
signed by Governor Pattison to-day. March
90 is the day fixed for the execution.
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Choleea IN Chlli.

WAsHISGTON, D. c., Jan. 16.-Senor Cana
is In receipt of Q cablegram from the Chilan
Secretary OF State, announcing the fact
that cholera has made its appearance in
Chill, ,whsre It 10 raging with great violence
In the district Of Cougagua.
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Fell AsaIass Z Cav N us,Ies.

PIrrsBURaH, Jan. 18.-Wm. J. McCurdy,
employed In the ssw-mill of Robert No
Zee, at Blacktown, Pa, fell ON saw In
motion and received fatal injuries. He
was badly cut up.
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Heavy DAMAGE, Awarded.

DETROIT, Jan. 13.-Engineer John q.
Hewett, who was injured in April, 1883, in
Q wreck on the Flint and Pere Marquette
road near East Saginaw, Mich, was
awarded &22,0OO by a jury. The verdict
was rendered Wednesday night.
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Five Prisoners Esc,ns.

DETROIT, MICH, Jan. 12.-This afternoon
five prisoners, Thos. Howard and Edward
DOVE, confined for burglary; Geo. Ricl I.
ardson, John O'Brien and Chas. Snowden,
confined for larceny, escaped from the
County Jail.
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When Webster announced to the
world that there's always room at the
top" be had no reference to the top Of
the column next to reading matter
advertisers please bear this in mind.
81. Paul Herald.
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: LONDON, Jan. "a Lord lddesleigh, who
lately resigned the Ministry of FOREIGN
Affairs, tainted while ascending the stairs
Of Lord Salisbury's ONCE in Downing
street, - he was about to visit His Lord
ship. He wss taken into the Prime Min.
ister's room and almost instantly expired,
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A Murderer Named.

NoRRIsTowN, Pa, Jan. 13.-John M. Wilson
was hanged in the jail-yard here at 1 SO
o'clock this afternoon for the murder Of
Anthony W. Desly. The crime for which
Wilson was executed was q most horrible
butchery.
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A Cardinal Dad.

ROME, Jan. A.-Cardinal Ferrieri 10 dead.
he was born In Fano, Italy, September IA,
!18l0, and was made Cardinal March Is,
1S6s. Cardinal Jacobini, who recently un-
derwent Q surgical operation, has had Q
serious relapse.
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Russisa Ovssiusss.

VIENNA, Jan. 12-It Il stated that Russia
within . few days past, has abandoned her
passive attitude, and made overtures to
the Government st Berlin, which, It IL on.
pected. will result in IN agreement be-
tween the three Empires on the Bulgarian
question.
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r LAFAYETTE, IND. Jan. l2.-Scarlatina in .
malignant form is raging at Fulton. J.
W. Blackman lost three children in twenty.
four hours. School has been dismissed
and protracted church services abandoned
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New YoRK, Jan. 13.-The Monarch Line
steamer Celtic Monarch, from Cardiff to
Philadelphia, was abandoned at sea on the
I'd inst. She carried no passengers and
her crew was saved.
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TAyLORyrII.E, ILL.,, Jan. l6.-James No
lohon and wife were killed by wild en-
railroad Yesterday. They were coming to
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Fell From ner Bed and Died.

NIcHoLAsvILLE, KY, Jan. 18.-Miss EN-
ma r. Horine, who had been confined to
her room for months, accidentally fell from
her bed yesterday evening and died short
ly afterward. She was slowly dying Of
consumption. The accident hastened the
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Herman Shope, Of Charleston, w.
Va. got mp In the night for drink
and seized the wrong tumbler There
was . marble in it and - be opened his
mouth It rolled down his throat. He
says be was scared st first. but fssls bet
ter now. Wcahingtos 6tay.
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ovslssievs Deaths.

CHICAGO, Jan. N.-Lawrence Krug, sus-
pected Of having poisoned his step dsugh-
ter to obtain life insurance, has buried
three wives within two years, all Of whom
died mysteriously.
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-l1ottie Litewaite-"Oh, AureIia,
just thinkl Amy Blifkins is married. :"
Aurelia Bagley--"Do. l know her,
deara" "Do you-why, Aurelia, don't
yon remember at Vassar how you"--
"Oh. yes; that was the little girl to
whom ] vowed eternal friendship.
That accounts for my not remembering
her. ~ Philadelphia Call.
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AAxsAs CITY, Jan. 18.-Jennie Hedrick,
convicted Of murder - accessory after the
fact.was sentenced TO day TO three months
imprisonment and 800 hne.
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Deaih ef (1eeseja'e CtIol. juetIoe.

ATLANTA, Jan. 18.-Hon. James Jackson,
ChiefJustice Of Georgia, died at Q o'clock
tonight, aged "a.
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'YoUx0sTows, O., Jan. 19.--Hsr,nan De-
ker, his wits and babe and his wifs's
father, Frederick =. emeltz, sre Ill sflict-
I'd with trichnosis from eating raw pork
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LANsIxa, NICE, Jan. lA.-Ths House
shortly before noen to-dpy passed the rcso.
luton submitting the Prohibition amend.
men! 70 the constitution to the people Of
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TIE total values Of exports Of beef, pork
and dairy products for twelve months end
cd December 81, 1855, were t66,Ol4, ,2Si,
against soa, $50, SIG for the sams time the
previous year.
WAsEs will be advanced in the iron
mills governed by the Amslgamated Asso-
citation.
, 1887-02-18

Everybody is now more or less familiar
with the latest theory o. epidemic dis
ease. which is nov known to he propa-
gated by germs that may, under certain
circumstances, be disseminated by the
winds. and are taken into the system
through the lungs or the stomach. Here
is u remarkable anticipation of this germ
theory. Thevenot, who died in 1867, in
his account of his Asiatic travels, tells us
Of Il hot presidential wind prevailing in
summer from northwest India up 10 the
western frontier of Persia. He thinks lie
has identified this wind with one men
toned in the Book of job, and he says
that they who breathe it turn black and
fall dcad-not, however, everybody who
inlalns this wind, but. he explains, there
are stroaks Of fire in it as small as u hair.
which. have been seen by some, and they
who breathe in those rays of fire die of
them. the rest receiving no prejudice.
IF ii be so, continues Thevenot ii
may be the thought that these fires
>olant proceed from sulphurous e~xliala-
tions that rise out of the earth, which
lAing tossed by the wind kindle for they
m. inflammablej, and being with the air
.ucl.ed ia by respiration, consume the
entrails in a moment. Thus, in their
mere wild guessing about tho influence
OF Asiatic winds, more than two CEN
turtles ago, we have, mixed up will,
much that is fantastic, the distinct
hypothesis of the germ origin of disease,
the possibility of these germs being dis
trihuied by the air, and the mode of in
PRODUCTION into the human system, all of
which is now entirely ~corroborated by
the latcs, sciencc.-New York Home
journal.
, 1887-02-18
you $40 on my bugl''

bet you SlU on my DuRl'
give to two on the little 'uni''
Such were the cries that greeted the
ears of n reporter as he passed the door of
n Cadillac qua saloon and caused him
to turn back and enter. 1t was a curious
sight hat met his eyes. On the floor
were drawn two concentric circles with
chalk, one six, the other about twelve feet
in diameter. Within the inner circle
stopped two men who held each n teacup,
bottom upward, on the floor, their rims
in contact md as near the middle of the
circle ms possible. Between the inner and
outer circle stood a fashily dressed man
with an open watch in his hand and with
out the outer circle were eighteen OF
twenty excited spectators.
care you readyfn asked the man with
the watch.
we are" answered they of the cups
lone, two, three, goi' said the time
keeper.
The two men in the inner circle stimuli
t~aneously raised the cups and stepped be
yond the line, revealing two cockroaches,
one considerably larger thnn the other,
The bugs seemed at first to be thoroughly
confused, running about in circles and
darting first in one direction and then in
another. Suddenly, however, the smaller
roach took a bee line toward the bar and
crossed the chalk line while the other in.
sect was still seeking its bearings. The
greatest confusion prevailed, as each
trainer deity covered his roach with Il
cup and secured it, the captor of the
smaller one exclaiming:
Three out of five and the money is
mine. detroit Free p-a